Friday, January 28, 2011

Indonesian Chicken Kebabs

  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • 1/4 c soy sauce
  • 1 T oil
  • 1 t packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 t ground ginger
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
Peanut Sauce
  • 1 small onion - finely chopped
  • 1 T oil
  • 1/3 c peanut butter
  • 1/3 c water
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1/4 t coriander
  • 2-3 drops red pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco)

  1. Cut chicken into 3/4-inch pieces. Mix with soy sauce, oil, brown sugar, ginger, and garlic in glass bowl. Cover; refrigerate, stirring occasionally, at least 2 hours.
  2. Prepare peanut sauce. Cook onion in oil until tender. Remove from heat; add remaining ingredients. Heat just until blended.
  3. Remove chicken from marinade; reserve marinade.
  4. Thread 4 or 5 chicken pieces on each of 14 to 16 skewers. Brush with marinade.
  5. Broil at 550 F 4 inches from heat for 4 to 5 minutes.
  6. Turn. Brush with marinade. Broil until done, 4-5 minutes. Serve with peanut sauce over cooked rice.

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This is definitely a family favorite! Mom usually makes two skewers per person and puts more chicken pieces on each skewer instead of making so many (as more of an appetizer). She also does not brush with marinade halfway through cooking, since the marinade was sitting with raw chicken in the fridge.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

two of my favorites from Barbara are the butter lamb she made for Easter, such a creative use for a garlic press to shape and make a lamb from a cube of butter! so precious.
Also the chocolate cake during the Christmas time, a French cake called( I know I do not know how to spell this!)....Was it a Bunche De Noel perhaps? The story behind the cake and the cake both amazing